Embiid, 76ers top undermanned Nets 123-117 for 1st in East
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Nets played without starters from the opening tip. The 76ers tried to rest theirs in the fourth quarter. But with Brooklyn’s deep reserves making it a game late between the two top teams in the East, Ben Simmons and Joel Embiid checked in to bail out the checked-out Sixers. Embiid had […]
Embiid scores 36, 76ers overpower Mavs 113-95 with Nets next
DALLAS (AP) — Joel Embiid scored 36 points and the Philadelphia 76ers wrapped up a long stretch of mostly road games with a 113-95 victory over the Dallas Mavericks on Monday night. Embiid made all six of his free throws in the first four-plus minutes and was 14 of 15 from the line as the […]
Joel Embiid scores 27 points, 76ers beat Thunder 117-93
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Joel Embiid had 27 points and nine rebounds and the Philadelphia 76ers beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 117-93 on Saturday night to pull even with Brooklyn for the Eastern Conference lead. On Friday night in a loss at New Orleans, Embiid went just 5 for 16 from the floor and scored […]
Williamson scores 37 points, Pelicans beat 76ers 101-94
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Zion Williamson scored 14 of his 37 points in the fourth quarter and the New Orleans Pelicans held on to beat the Philadelphia 76ers 101-94 on Friday night. Williamson scored the first six points of the fourth quarter and eight of the Pelicans’ first 10, extending an eight-point lead to 86-71. […]
Embiid scores 35, 76ers dominate Celtics in 106-96 win
BOSTON (AP) — Doc Rivers said his star big man Joel Embiid had a few words for him as he walked off the TD Garden court on Tuesday night. “I’m back,” Embiid told the 76ers coach. “I noticed,” Rivers replied. In just his second game back after being sidelined by a bruised bone in his […]
Allen helps lead Grizzlies past short-handed 76ers
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Grayson Allen had 11 of his 15 points during a game-changing third quarter, lifting the Memphis Grizzlies to a 116-100 victory Sunday night over the short-handed Philadelphia 76ers, who were without All-Star center Joel Embiid. Dillon Brooks scored 17 points and Jonas Valanciunas had 16 points and 12 rebounds for the Grizzlies, […]
Philadelphia’s Embiid out against the Grizzlies
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid won’t play in Sunday night’s game against the Memphis Grizzlies in order to recover one night after returning to the lineup following a 10-game absence because of a bone bruise in his left knee. Embiid had 24 points and eight rebounds in Saturday’s 122-113 win over the […]
Embiid scores 24 points in return, 76ers beat Timberwolves
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Joel Embiid had 24 points and eight rebounds in his return to Philadelphia’s lineup, and Tobias Harris scored 32 to lead the 76ers to a 122-113 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Saturday night. Ben Simmons added 14 points, eight rebounds and six assists for Philadelphia (34-15), which pulled even with idle […]
Sixers end trip without Embiid by beating Cavs 114-94
CLEVELAND (AP) — Before the Sixers went on the road without him, Joel Embiid asked his teammates to keep winning and stay on top of the Eastern Conference. The big man got his wish. Shake Milton scored 27 points, Dwight Howard had 18 points and 15 rebounds, and Philadelphia finished a six-game road trip without […]
Murray, Porter lead Nuggets past slow-starting 76ers 104-95
DENVER (AP) — Jamal Murray scored 30 points, Michael Porter Jr. added 27 and the Denver Nuggets raced out to a 25-point lead on their way to a 104-95 win over the slow-starting Philadelphia 76ers on Tuesday night. Nikola Jokic added 21 points for the Nuggets, who played in front of a home crowd for […]